In April 1964, Gail Brown was a 22-year-old Chicago elementary teacher who needed a new car. Like a …
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These days, the Wises still own their baby-blue Mustang and show it at car shows, but they say it's harder to get in and out of with old age. Tom Wise says he's "looking for a Lincoln Town Car," but Ford doesn't make that anymore. So they've settled with a 2013 Ford Escape and a 2007 Chevrolet Equinox.

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Of course talking about a Chevrolet product and a gaping hole in Lincoln's lineup made the Ford PR guy monitoring our conversation a little nervous, but who cares? Maybe he can get the message to the top that Lincoln needs to up their game a bit.

For the record, the Wises said they love the new Mustang. "It makes me feel like I'm 22 again," Gail Wise said. But they said they had seen images of it before the reveal. Hmm, how could that be?